Treatment of Folliculitis in Fox-Fordyce Disease

Folliculitis arising in the setting of Fox-Fordyce disease represents a distinct clinical scenario, occurring against the backdrop of chronic apocrine gland involvement with characteristic cutaneous findings.

Clinical scenario — Fox-Fordyce disease Fox-Fordyce disease is a chronic condition involving itchy, rounded, follicular papules localised to areas of skin containing apocrine sweat glands — including the axillae, pubes, areolae, and periumbilical and presternal areas. Folliculitis in this context requires an approach tailored to this chronic background.

Treatment approach (partial) Established options include topical antibiotic therapy — the complete protocol details the full set of approaches and how they are structured.

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DOI: 10.2165/00128071-200405050-00003

Fox-Fordyce disease is a chronic condition involving itchy, rounded, follicular papules localized to the areas of the skin containing apocrine sweat glands, such as axillae, pubes, areolae, and periumbilical and presternal areas.

Fox-Fordyce disease has been successfully treated with a topical clindamycin solution, with oral retinoids, and with surgery (table III).

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